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What! David Tennant AND Lin-Manuel Miranda in a show together? Hello, my new favorite TV series!

Friday morning, Disney XD announced that Hamilton creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be joining the cast of this summer’s reboot of DuckTales. He will play the character of Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera who also doubles as the crime fighting hero Gizmoduck! Mr. Miranda tweeted out his feelings on the reveal this morning.

TV Line explains more of the character and why the producer wanted to have Mr. Miranda in the role:

Miranda will play Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera, an intern working for Gyro Gearloose, Scrooge McDuck’s personal mad scientist. But Fenton has a secret: When he’s not tinkering away in Gyro’s lab, he’s fighting crime in Duckburg as his heroic alter ego, Gizmoduck!

“Growing up as a Cuban-American comics enthusiast, I was always hungry for a Latino hero to call my own,” co-producer Francisco Angones said in a statement. “In developing the new series, [executive producer Matt Youngberg] and I leapt at the opportunity to adapt DuckTales‘ marquee hero into a young scientist character with Latin-inspired roots.”

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